Tag: Settlement
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Palestinian Youth Shot Dead East of Ramallah
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 14 May 2010 Aysar Yasser alZaben, 16 years old, was shot in his back yesterday evening in his family’s lands in Mazra’a alSharqia, east of Ramallah, apparently by a settler. Aysar alZaben’s body was found in his plot by family members only hours after he was shot. He was found lying…
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Fields ablaze in Iraq Burin
International Solidarity Movement 8 May 2010 Despite the recent unprovoked, fatal shooting of two of its young men by Israeli forces, the village of Iraq Burin, just south of Nablus, turned out in force again this Saturday, 8th May, to protest against the annexation of village lands. Supported by human rights activists from the International…
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Mosque gutted by fire
International Solidarity Movement 7 May 2010 The small village of Al Libban (Libban al Sharquia) sits in rolling hills planted with olive trees, approximately half way between Ramallah and Nablus. The villagers are simple fellahin – farmers – growing wheat and fruit in addition to their olive trees. The pride of the village is the…
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Continued military violence can’t shake determination of An Nabi Saleh
International Solidarity Movement 1 May 2010 Israeli military violence on Palestinian land continued Friday in the village of An Nabi Saleh, where more than 100 non-violent demonstrators gathered to protest land confiscation and the ongoing apartheid. Shooting through windows, firing low-flying tear gas at protesters and arresting five, the military’s use of extreme violence has…
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Demonstrators halt construction of the Wall in alWalaja
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 28th April 2010 UPDATE: Video of this action has been added below. Demonstrators managed to disrupt the construction of the Wall in alWalaja for the second time in a week . A 15 year old demonstrator was beaten, pepper-sprayed and arrested. Palestinian, Israeli and international demonstrators managed to stop the construction…